The 10 albums that influenced you most as a guitar player

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Mine is always changing because I'm always trying to grow.

From Old to New:

1. Dokken - Under Lock and Key (the reason I play)
2. Yngwie - Rising Force (tab book was my bible for the first 5 years)
3. Racer X - Street Lethal (Holy Sh*t!)
4. MSG - Perfect Timing (Still a HUGE Schenker fan, but it started here)
5. Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn (Amazing and tragic that he was only 18 when he recorded this)
6. Dream Theater - Images and Words (Odd meters and Gilbert/Vai licks, perfect combo)
7. At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul (my intro to melo death metal)
8. Derek Taylor - Instructionals (not really a recording, but learned so much about Pent string skipping and legato)
9. Uli Roth - Firewind (Late to the game, now constant rotation and many stolen licks)
10. Scotty Anderson - Triple Stop (New king of the guitar for me. Why didn't I listen to my dads music more carefully as a child)
 
In no particular order...

The Ramones - Mania
Green Day - Dookie
Ozzy w/Zakk - Live & Loud
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Slobberbone - Everything you thought was right was wrong today
Bad Religion - All Ages
Down - NOLA
The Wildhearts - PHUQ
Metallica - Garage Days
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind

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1) Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
2) EVH - VH I
3) Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
4) Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin II
5) Steve Morse - The Introduction
6) Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien
7) Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
8) George Lynch - Under Lock And Key
9) John Sykes - Whitesnake
10) Shawn Lane - Powers Of Ten
 
Hard to pick 10...some guitar CD's I dig

Blow By Blow...Jeff Beck
Blizzard of Oz...Randy Rhoads
Diary Of A Madman...Randy Rhoads
Houses Of The Holy...Led Zeppelin
Van Halen 1...Van Halen
Fair Warning...Van Halen
Eat 'Em And Smile...David Lee Roth
Purple...Stone Temple Pilots
Tales From The Buldge...Michael Landau
The Star Spangled Banner...Michael Landau
 
1. Alice In Chains - Facelift
2. Siagon Kick - The Lizzard
3. King Diamond - Them
4. Whitesnake - 1987
5. Van Halen - F.U.C.K.
6. Van Halen - II
7. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
8. Ratt- Reach For The Sky
9. G'N'R- AFD
10. Jane's Addiction- Nothing's Shocking
 
IN the order in which I was exposed to it, not my favorites in order
1. Kiss Alive
2. Double Live Gonzo
3. Frampton Comes Alive (SO underrated as a lead player)
4. AC/DC (the live one)
5. Led Zep 4
6. Houses of the Holy
7. Triumph - Rock n Roll Machine
8. Al DiMeola - The one with Dance with the Devil on Spanish Highway
9. Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - Live
10. VH 1
11. Tokyo Tapes / Virgin Killer
12. Strangers in the Night
13. Blizzard of OZ
14. Out of the Cellar
15. Nuno
 
influenced purely as a player, not as a writer or anything but just pure playing:
1 - Blizzard of Ozz...I had already been playing for several years but when I heard this it all came together for me...gave me direction.
2 - Diary of a Madman
3 - Thin Lizzy / Black Rose...early shred featuring Gary Moore
4 - Vandenberg (1st album)...Burning Heart solo is immaculate
5 - Dokken / Tooth and Nail
6 - Dio / Holy Diver...Campbell just went for it. Great stuff.
7 - Quiet Riot / Metal Health...great album, solid playing that was easy to learn from.
8 - Vandenberg / Heading for a Storm
9 - TNT / Knights of New Thunder
10 - (tie) - Dokken / Back for the Attack...Lynch unwinds in wiry fashion.
10 - (tie) Thin Lizzy / Thunder and Lightning...early shred featuring Sykes.

Runner ups - Gary Moore / Corridoors of Power...some of the best guitar tones ever put down on tape.
VH1...nuff said.
 
Dokken - Under Lock & Key
Ratt - Out Of The Cellar
John Norum - Total Control
Yngwie - Marching Out
Anthrax - Among The Living
Whitesnake - Whitesnake
Ozzy - Blizzard Of Ozz
VH - VH1
TNT - Tell No Tales
Neil Zaza - Staring At the Sun
 
Back when I would learn songs note for note I learned alot of songs from these albums and would play along with tem all the time

First 4 Kings X albums
Eric Clapton 24 nights
SRV Couldnt Stand the Weather
RATM first album
Soundgarden Badmotorfinger
Smashing Pumpkins Gish
Tool Aenima
311 Grassroots
VH 1984
Satriani Surfing with the Alien
Living Colour Vivid and Times Up
 
In no real order, just those which I remember first.

Pink Floyd - The Wall Live
Buckethead - Monsters and Robots
Converge - Jane Doe
The Matrix Soundtrack
White Zombie - Astro Creep 2000
Michael Hedges - Aeriel Boundaries
The Scorpions - Greatest Hits
Anthrax - Among The Living

It's hard to think of them past that. I've listened to a lot of stuff that I've probably absorbed without even thinking about it. None of it matters too much, hehe, I still suck at playing. ;)
 
no real order here.

1)Ozzy - No Rest for the Wicked
2)Sevendust - s/t
3)AIC - Dirt
4)Pearl Jam - 10
5)Guns & Roses - Appetite
6)Black Crowes - Great Southern....
7)Pink Floyd - Animals
8)Tool - Undertow
9)Black Sabbath - Sold our souls(maybe, can't say an album for sure)
10)Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger/Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
 
JP-Stained Class
JP-Defenders of the Faith
Prong-Cleansing
Journey-Escape
Metallica-AJFA
Sepultura-Chaos AD
Exodus-Fabulous Disaster
Savatage-Hall of the Mountain King
The Cult-Electric
GnR-Appetite

I guess you could say these influenced me, but I'm not sure I sound like any of it. Most of my influences came from jamming with older rock dudes when I was a kid.
 
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Most influential

SRV - Couldn't Stand The Weather
SRV - Live at the El Mocombo
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsy's
Metallica - Master of Pupets
Greg Howe - Greg Howe
Whitesnake - 1987
Yngwie - Seventh Sign
Yngwie - Inspiation
White Lion - Pride
Living Colour - Vivid
 
In no order:

1) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Nuthin' Fancy
2) Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
3) Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent
4) Metallica - Kill Em' All
5) Mercyful Fate - Melissa
6) Judas Priest - Hell Bent for Leather
7) Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
8) Trouble - Psalm 9
9) Riot - Fire Down Under
10) SRV - Texas Flood
 
Van Halen VH1 and Fair Warning
Ozzy - Blizzard
Dokken - Under Lock and Key
Lynch Mob - Wicked Sensation
KISS - Alive
Ratt - Detonator
Boston - Boston
Journey - anything up through Frontiers
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Rush - Exit Stage Left
 
All 70's stuff for me:

Thin Lizzy: Jailbreak & Bad Reputation
Rush: Rush (Debut) & Fly By Night
UFO: Strangers in the Night
Van Halen Debut
Montrose Debut
Derringer: Live
Pat Travers: Makin' Magic
Jeff Beck: Blow By Blow
REO Speedwagon: You Get What You Play For
 
Blizzard of Ozz
VH1
Scorpions Tokyo Tapes
UFO Strangers in the Night
Alcatrazz No Parole from Rock n Roll
Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force
Iron Maiden Killers
Rush 2112
Joe Satriani Surfing with the Alien
Led Zeppelin 4
 
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